All property right are/were ultimately derived at gun point at some point in time. Anybody that has the resources to keep others off a parcel of Martian land can effectively "lay claim" to it. Anybody that can't gets relocated just like the Cherokee, who had a "treaty" guaranteeing them large parts of Georgia.
You'd rather die cold and alone in your Mom's basement? Personally, I don't see that big a difference between living underground on Mars and living in a basement on Earth and never going outside. What if they agreed to send you all the latest video games, porn, and face book updates for free?
Fortunately, the regular shipments of fresh porn could be handled digitally over a radio link...
No one in their right mind would even consider sending people to Mars without equipment to extract oxygen and water from local resources. All air and water would be scrubbed and recycled. I'm sure they'd try to grow all their own food and recycle all waste too, but based on the lack of success of experiments like Biodome, yes they would probably need some supplemental supplies. The point is to get a few people up there and start figuring out how to survive in the Martian environment so that others can join them later. It doesn't need to be economically feasible, it is done to provide an alternative should anything happen to Earth.
Making anything that works to protect our service men and women is doing good -- no ambivalence involved. I consider Rumsfeld evil because he put soldiers into harm's way without doing everything possible to protect them, e.g. he was just too cheap to armor all the vehicles against IEDs. Taking money for vests that don't stop bullets is also evil. The morality question only comes into play when you're helping design and manufacture weapons designed to help the forces kill indiscriminately. I've chosen to never get involved in weapons development because I wouldn't get any job satisfaction from it, but that's a personal decision and it doesn't necessarily make you a bad person if you work on offensive weapons.
The goal, in practice, is to make tons of money for the military contractors, who don't really give a shit how well this technology works in the field as long as they get paid. Eg. David Brooks of DHB Industries.
Get back to me when you can actually run an Iron Man Triathalon in one of these. Until then, please refer to it as a powered exoskeleton, not an "Iron Man suit"!
There are already documented species of lizards that reproduce sexually, except when the female is alone, in which case she can reproduce asexually. This is a huge advantage in repopulating burned out areas after forest fires. Reproducing only asexually would be a disadvantage in terms of adaptability, but being able to do both sexual and asexual reproduction is a huge advantage. I suspect they just haven't found any males of this species yet.
Sex is one thing, procreation is another. Star trek had Human-Vulcan and Human-Klingon half-breeds. Even with a common origin, how many generations should it take before 2 isolated populations can no longer sucessfully interbreed?
The original Star Trek crew was constantly encountering previously unknown species and immediately being able to communicate with them -- even when all the crew members devices were confiscated. I only recall one episode of ST:TNG wherein they encountered refugees that, despite looking perfectly human, the universal translator actually took a while to learn their language before they could communicate. Yes, these lapses in logic were plot devices intended to help the story move forward.
Why would a compromised Ethernet card be any more dangerous than a compromised Ethernet cable, which presumably their networks are designed to protect against? In other words, wouldn't all data that the Ethernet sees already be 1024-bit encrypted?
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I care, I just think the asteroid belt provides a better hedge.
All property right are/were ultimately derived at gun point at some point in time. Anybody that has the resources to keep others off a parcel of Martian land can effectively "lay claim" to it. Anybody that can't gets relocated just like the Cherokee, who had a "treaty" guaranteeing them large parts of Georgia.
Sorry, but the highest and best use we could put those people to is as speedbumps... they don't deserve the honor of being sent to Mars.
Heck, I've got a wife and child too, and I'd sign up just to get away from them!
You'd rather die cold and alone in your Mom's basement? Personally, I don't see that big a difference between living underground on Mars and living in a basement on Earth and never going outside. What if they agreed to send you all the latest video games, porn, and face book updates for free?
Fortunately, the regular shipments of fresh porn could be handled digitally over a radio link...
No one in their right mind would even consider sending people to Mars without equipment to extract oxygen and water from local resources. All air and water would be scrubbed and recycled. I'm sure they'd try to grow all their own food and recycle all waste too, but based on the lack of success of experiments like Biodome, yes they would probably need some supplemental supplies. The point is to get a few people up there and start figuring out how to survive in the Martian environment so that others can join them later. It doesn't need to be economically feasible, it is done to provide an alternative should anything happen to Earth.
Rule 34. Just think of all the money you could make from porn websites featuring Martian Women!
Making anything that works to protect our service men and women is doing good -- no ambivalence involved. I consider Rumsfeld evil because he put soldiers into harm's way without doing everything possible to protect them, e.g. he was just too cheap to armor all the vehicles against IEDs. Taking money for vests that don't stop bullets is also evil. The morality question only comes into play when you're helping design and manufacture weapons designed to help the forces kill indiscriminately. I've chosen to never get involved in weapons development because I wouldn't get any job satisfaction from it, but that's a personal decision and it doesn't necessarily make you a bad person if you work on offensive weapons.
Practice on a hot dog first
How do you operate a powered exoskeleton without a man inside? Put a woman inside! I hear Sigourney Weaver is available...
Ironman - man = iron. Meaning that even without an operator, this device should still be able to get the wrinkles out of my clothes!
A technology that allows 1 woman to do the work of 2? Then I could have threesomes with just my wife and I!
The goal, in practice, is to make tons of money for the military contractors, who don't really give a shit how well this technology works in the field as long as they get paid. Eg. David Brooks of DHB Industries.
Get back to me when you can actually run an Iron Man Triathalon in one of these. Until then, please refer to it as a powered exoskeleton, not an "Iron Man suit"!
There are already documented species of lizards that reproduce sexually, except when the female is alone, in which case she can reproduce asexually. This is a huge advantage in repopulating burned out areas after forest fires. Reproducing only asexually would be a disadvantage in terms of adaptability, but being able to do both sexual and asexual reproduction is a huge advantage. I suspect they just haven't found any males of this species yet.
Whatever you do, don't tell English speakers "I used to make good money selling my Dong in Vietnam!"
Last time I checked, killing people was much more illegal than "stealing" power. Priorities, man!
Sex is one thing, procreation is another. Star trek had Human-Vulcan and Human-Klingon half-breeds. Even with a common origin, how many generations should it take before 2 isolated populations can no longer sucessfully interbreed?
The original Star Trek crew was constantly encountering previously unknown species and immediately being able to communicate with them -- even when all the crew members devices were confiscated. I only recall one episode of ST:TNG wherein they encountered refugees that, despite looking perfectly human, the universal translator actually took a while to learn their language before they could communicate. Yes, these lapses in logic were plot devices intended to help the story move forward.
Whoosh!
You seriously underestimate the worldwide sales of dildos...
Why would a compromised Ethernet card be any more dangerous than a compromised Ethernet cable, which presumably their networks are designed to protect against? In other words, wouldn't all data that the Ethernet sees already be 1024-bit encrypted?
In fact, when Tsunamis are predicted, docked boats are advised to put out to sea where they will be safer.
Plus, they really like seafood. This city could follow the fish.
We've got them already! Where have you been?